Telegram-herald., 1887-12-19
TALMAGE'S SERMON
TIE GyaaaAzia1s as Means "a kseaPsrst-
fsx Asss<k @sa Fhysie~i Easrxiss-
Masfc a S8uzes Of IiIiznitsbls Ks<rs-
saloa sad AnassnasaG


BzocxLEs, De- As ne tabernacss
this norsiag tns viaGls congregation s~ag
ths nyznn bss lEani1g.
Eas hl4 % Asa yieias
A tIlolz@zd sacred s~eess
E<f1rs - rez1A shs heavenly 1srA
or s@lk ia sol1s- ss<s<Es
The Rev T De witt Talaage. D. y.
preached % ~kssre4Eians. Good sna BAD =
tang tv0 5exls. : Ceriathlsas. VII 81.
They that use this xorld, - n0t sb2slag
Il. ana Ja1g-s XVI, % 'sAEd il cane 70
pas, when thsir hs4rtz wsEs zisrry, sazt
they said. Cali f0F Sssnsoa. that BE raay
maze us sport And tAey called for Ssrlson
oat Of ths prison houss, and hs made tsem
sport Dr. f4lGsgs said:
Ne are catering ths gayest season % ths
year The water opens before ~ the gates
q = thcslsand amusensuts, some OF them
good and s1ms bad one Of my taxts VII
sho~ y0u thai amuse aasnts nav % dsstruet-
I've. ny other tsxt viii sho. you that amuse-
nlents may bs undsr the Divine blessing and
direction
There we're three Thousand people Assem-
tlrd "a the temple OF Dagon- They had come
T. make sport Of eyele<s samson They were
Al ready for the eIasrrsi aftelt Tley began
- clap and pound, impatient for the anuse-
uent 70 begin, aud they cried; Fetch him
out. Fetch him outF Yonder see the blind
giant coming, ied BY the hand OF a child into
the very I-itst OF the temple. At his first ap-
Tearance there goes up shout OF laughter
ant derision. Ihs blind old giant pretends
be Is tlred and wants 10 rest himself against
the pillars Of the house, so he saws 10 the lad
VINO leads him: SHOW mo where tho main
pillars ara The lad does so. Then the
strung Haan pats his right hand on one pillar
and his left hand on another pillar, and. with
the mightiest push that mortal ever made.
throws himself forward until the whole
house comes down in thunderous crash.
grinding the audience Ike grapes Ia a wine
press. And 50 Il came 10 pass, when their
hearts were merry, that they said: Cali for
Samson, that ne may make US sport And
they called for Samson out of the prison
house, and be made them SPORT
In other words, there are arnusements that
are destructive, and bring down disaster and
death upon the heads OF those who practice
them While they laugh and cheer, they die.
Toe three thousand who persisted that day in
Gaza are as nothing compared with the tens
Of thousands who have been destroyed by
slnful anussmsnts
But the other text have read implies that
thsfs IS = lawful use Of the world. as well as
al unlawful abuse OF it: and the difference
between the man Christian and the man un-
Christian is that in the former case the man
masters the world, while in the latter case the
world masters him. For whom did God
make this grand and beautiful worldl For
whom this wonderful expenditure Of color.
this gracsfulness Of line, this mosaic of the
ground, this fresco CT the sky, this glowing
fruitage Of orchard and vineyard. this full
orchestra Of the tempest, in which the tree
branches fute and the winds trumpet and the
the thunders drum and all the splendors of
earth and SKY come clashing their cymbalsl
For whom did God spring the arched bridge
OF colors resting upon buttresses OF broken
storm cloudi For whom did he gather the
upholstery OF fro around the window OF the
setting sunf For all men, but more especially
for his own dear childres.
IL you build a large mansion and spread a
great feast after it to celebrate the compile
ton OF the structure, do you allow strangers
to come In and occupy the place, while YOU
thrust Jour own children in the kitchen or
the ssru Or the fields! Oh, no. You say, II
an, vcry glad to see strangers in nv man
sion, but my own sons and daughters shall
have the first right there" Now, God has
built this grand mansion OF world. and he
has spread a glorious feast in it; and while
those who are strangers TO his grace NAV
come 10, ! think that God specially intends to
give ths advantage to his own children,
those who are the sons and the daughters of
the Lord Almighty, those who through
grace can look up and say, abba, Father
You cannot make me believe that God gives
more advantages 70 tho world than he
gives to the church bought by his own
blood II, therefore, people Of the
world have looked with dolorous sympa-
thy upon those who make profession of
religion, and have said, Those new converts
are going down into privafion and into bard |
shir. Why did not they tarry a little longer
In th- world, aud have soTne of its enjoy |
rnenis and amusernents and recrcationsF' I |
say % such men Of the world, You are
greatly mistaken" and before get through | |
viii show that those people who stay out of |
the kingdom Of God have the hardships and |
self denials, while those who come in have
the Joys and the satsfactions
THIS morning, in the name of the King Of |
heaven and earth, I serve a writ of eject |
rnens upon all the sinful and polluted who |
hsv. squatted on the domain Of earthly |
pleasure as though it belonged TO them, while |
/ claim. IN behalf Of the good and the pure !
AMI the true. the eternal inheritance which /
God has given them
Hitherto. Christian philanthropists, cleri- |
cal and lay, have busted themselves chiefly In |
denCIncing sinful recreations, but feel we
havs no right to stand before men and women
in whose hearts there Is n desire for recrea-
tIon amounting 20 positive necessity, de-
nouucinx this and that and The other thing. 1
when We do not propose TO give them soma
thing better. God helping me this morning. !
and with reference % my last account. I shall
enter upon a sphere not usual in sernoniz-
ing. but q sa5iect winch think ought TO bs
presented at this time Propose now to lay !
before you some OF the recreations which are
no. only Innocent, but positively helpful and
al ambiguous.
n the arSt plac-, I commend. among in
door recrcations, music, vocal and instrri-
mental Among the srst things created was
the bird. So that the earth might have music
st he start This world. which began with
81 sweet a sereBade, is finally TO be denol-
ishea amidst the ringing blast ot the srch-
angels trumpet. 50 that as there was music
.t the start, there shall be music at the close.
While this heavenly art has often been
dragged into the uses Of superstition and dis
sspstiou. - ss know Il may - ths unesns of
hiSh moral culture. Oh, il is 3 grand thing
70 have cur children brought I'D amidst the
sourd of cultured voices and azsidsf TIE |
ulelrSiv Of musical instruments. There Is in
this art an indsscrioabis fascination for the
suszehsld. Let al these fsmsies rrho havs
shs means 10 sfrcrd t. have fute OF harp. or
piano or crgan. Assoon.sas the baatI i large